Lynne Kiesling's baseball optimism is touching, particularly when she can get excited by Rockies cast-off Jeromy Burnitz. The Cubs hopes for a perfect 162-0 season remain intact, and this season they have moved forward their normal cry: "Just wait until we get Prior and Wood back!" Since the last Cubs World Series was in 1908, since their founding my beloved Rockies have until 2090 to match the Cubs' current streak of futility -- but no one can say Rocks aren't trying!